As bandits and criminal networks continue to exploit and profit from lapses in security, families and communities are paralysed by the fear of abductions, especially as the focus shifts to the most ...

The fire is said to have broken out in a nearby house and spread to the school while the children were asleep.

"On interrogation, the suspect confessed that he has been with the said gun since November 2024 and that he got it from a ward in his father's bedroom," the police said.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 17 children were killed in a fire that broke out in an Islamic school in northwestern Nigeria, the country’s emergency response agency said, as authorities launched an ...

The Hisbah, a regional police force tasked with enforcing ... leaving many struggling to eat. Nigeria has 18.5 million out-of-school children, with Kano State accounting for 1.9 million, the ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed deep sorrow over the recent tragic fire incident that engulfed an Islamic school in Kaura Namoda, Zamfara state, resulting in the loss of several young ...

An Islamic-based police force in Nigeria plans to evacuate more than ... Nigeria itself has 18.5 million children not in school, with 1.9 million living in Kano, according to a UNICEF survey.

A devastating fire in Zamfara state, northern Nigeria, claimed the lives of at least 17 students ranging from ages seven to ...

A fire at an Islamic school in northwestern Nigeria killed at least 17 children, with many others injured authorities are investigating the cause.

At least 17 children have died in a fire at an Islamic school in northern Nigeria, officials say. Several other pupils were injured and rushed to health centres in the town of Kauran Namoda, Zamfara ...